Equal Justice Society

Proposition 209, California’s anti-affirmative action initiative, went into effect in 1997.  Much of the research on Proposition 209 in the decade since has focused on the impact of the initiative in higher education admissions.  There has been comparatively little research examining the impact of the initiative on public employment and contracting, and even less that [...]

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights announced last week that a California Court of Appeal ruled April 18 that a San Francisco ordinance requiring outreach to minority- and women-owned businesses in City contracting may be mandated by federal equal protection, notwithstanding Proposition 209, the State’s anti-affirmative action initiative.
The decision reverses a key element of a [...]

Writers at the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times yesterday covered the implications of Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui’s ethnicity. This would not be an issue if the shooter was white, which demonstrates that race matters in our country — despite the claims of those promoting a “colorblind” society.
Mercury News [...]

By Tamara K. Nopper
(April 17, 2007) — Like many, I was glued to the television news yesterday, keeping updated about the horrific shootings at Virginia Tech University.  I was trying to deal with my own disgust and sadness, especially since my professional life as a graduate student and college instructor is tied to universities.  And [...]

The Asian American Journalists Association yesterday issued a press release urging media covering the tragedy to “avoid using racial identifiers unless there is a compelling or germane reason.”
“There is no evidence at this early point that the race or ethnicity of the suspected gunman has anything to do with the incident, and to include such [...]

By Aysha Hussain on DiversityInc.com
Now that the 10-day Don Imus controversy has come to an end, and the Rutgers University’s women’s basketball team has forgiven him for his remarks, many are wondering who will replace Imus and who will be next to get the ax? What does this controversy that has captured the attention of [...]

Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer” and the moderator of “Washington Week,” shares her own experiences with Don Imus’ racism in an op-ed published today in the NY Times:
For all their grit, hard work and courage, the Rutgers girls got branded “nappy-headed ho’s” — a shockingly concise sexual and racial insult, [...]